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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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